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Man shot in stomach outside Rice Street bar, St. Paul police say

A person was shot within the stomach outside a North End bar late Wednesday afternoon, St. Paul police say. The victim was transported from the scene at Born’s Bar to Regions Hospital conscious and respiratory. He was expected to survive,...

St. Paul: Little Sisters of the Poor announce departure from Exchange Street elderly care home

In 1883, Bishops John Ireland and Thomas Grace petitioned for six Roman Catholic nuns from the French order of the Little Sisters of the Poor to cross the Atlantic and establish a house for the elderly in St. Paul....

St. Paul prepares for Earth Day with a spring cleanup and street sweeping

Are you ready for Earth Day? St. Paul is — or will likely be. Town’s parks and public works departments and native organizations are gearing as much as host the thirty eighth annual Citywide Spring Cleanup on Saturday, April 20 upfront...

Open house to be held Tuesday on pedestrian improvements to Robert Street

In 2020, a web-based survey found that 73% of respondents felt pedestrian safety must be improved on Robert Street south of downtown St. Paul, the one West Side thoroughfare marked on town’s transportation safety motion plan as a “high...

St. Paul looks to one-sided winter street parking

For a lot of Twin Cities drivers, the post snowstorm reshuffle is sort of second nature.  For those who park on the road, it’s a wintertime given (most years at the very least) that – sooner or later – you’ll...

Pedestrian fatally struck on W. seventh Street identified. Neighborhood groups say it’s dangerous to cross throughout.

While safety measures had already been improved on the St. Paul intersection where a driver fatally struck a pedestrian on Monday, intersections along West Seventh Street remain dangerous, neighborhood organizations said Tuesday. Police on Tuesday identified the pedestrian as Bekele...

The Riverview Corridor from downtown St. Paul to the Mall of America: 2 street automotive options, rapid transit bus

Stuck in stop-and-go planning since no less than 1998, the Riverview Corridor could also be chugging toward a significant turning point in the brand new 12 months. The vision calls for a contemporary transit corridor — think train or bus...

Defect means LED street lights in St. Paul turning blue

Does a blue light keep you up at night? No, it’s not an alien invasion. The town of St. Paul has been regularly replacing LED street lights affected by an unusual manufacturer’s defect — they’re turning blue. The Autobahn series...

Recent Listening House day shelter for homeless officially opens on St. Paul’s East seventh Street

Maurice Coleman watches TV within the principal room at Listening House in St. Paul on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.  (John Autey / Pioneer Press) From a brand new location near downtown St. Paul, the Listening House day shelter intends to...

Demolition prep begins this week at Lake Street Kmart

The old Lake Street Kmart MinnPost photo by Kyle Stokes Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Heidi Wigdahl at KARE 11 reports that starting today, crews shall be removing materials from contained in the former Kmart constructing in...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District and again faces May...

Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...